yarn and a spindle

Within an hour of the mountain is one of my favorite local yarn shops.  Well, it is really a yarn and fiber shop.  When we were in Tennessee for my Beloved's Grandmother's funeral, the Aunts admired the sweater I made him.  I knew I was going to finish a shawl soon so I asked for color choices.  They poo pooed my question.  So while I was at the yarn store, I picked up lace yarn for each.  Each is MadelineTosh Prairie in a different color.  Now the question is do I make one at a time and send it or make them all and send them as a batch.  The thing is that the forever shawls take time.

I also got a new turkish drop spindle.  This is a 15 gram weight and it is made out of reclaimed birch flooring.  It spins like a dream.  I am completely convinced that if you have fleeces to spin, you have to spin everyday.  This is a nice way to make my spinning portable.  Even in the house if I have a small boy in my lap.  The Small Mister and my Beloved also picked out alpaca fiber and quivit fiber for me to spin.  Maybe I will get the quivit spun in time for the summer season at work when I really need the hand mitts!

I should really be spinning now but I am crocheting while the Small Mister sleeps.  It has been a day.  Mine has not been so bad but I have been on the receiving end of spews for other peoples' bad day.  Maybe I just need tea.  I was told last night my tea light was low because I had a face like Dusty (from Planes) when he is determined.  Obviously, facing life with determination means more tea is needed.

Yes, this is my life.